On Wednesday, April 30th 2008 BASRA received a call at approx. 9:45pm of a boating accident at the Cassurina Bridge. The story is still a little unclear, but looks that their was a light on in the Cockpit that seemed to have blinded the Captain on approach to the Bridge. This in turn caused the boat to slam head on into the Wooden piling which protects the concrete pilings. There were two people on board the boat. The Police and Ambulance were on scene but they could not reach the victims, Colin Rose (a nearby resident and BASRA Rescue volunteer) was called as the quickest, closets rescue personnel; with in 3 minutes Colin arrived on scene. Justin Snisky (Volunteer and, Chairman for the BASRA Board of 2008-2009 )also arrived there with in 5mins, with d'Von Archer (volunteer rescue captain & diver) and Robert Tarzwell (volunteer medic) shortly following. The two men were taken off their extensively damaged boat and treated on the scene by EMS, then Rushed to the hospital for more advanced treatment. Two gentlemen, Mr. James Sears, and Mr. George Gibson from Georgie's Restaurant in Port Lucaya. Mr. Sears received a possible broken arm and wrist and broken ribs with some cuts about his body, and Mr. Gibson happened to be in a lot worse shape, both gentlemen went in for surgery immediately that night and a updated condition followed the next morning as Mr. Sears was in Stable condition and Mr. Gibson was in Guarded Condition. Unfortunately for Mr. Gibson, at the point of impact he was thrown through the front windshield of the cockpit and landed on to the bow of his boat. However, fortunately for him he stayed in the boat, but could have easily drowned if thrown from the boat.
Attached is a picture of the damaged boat